Word: flowerings
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...knee-capped by his motherland. Before dawn on Oct. 4, Chinese police knocked at his residence in Shenyang and summoned him for questioning. Authorities have since filed a "case for criminal activity" against him, according to the official China News Service. The charges are unclear, but Yang, a flower-seed tycoon worth an estimated $900 million, recently acknowledged publicly that he owed the Chinese government some $1.2 million in taxes. Tax evasion by China's fat cats is a national scandal, and Beijing is keen to nail some high-profile deadbeats...
...have been forced to act quickly before Yang's untidy affairs made him an international diplomatic problem. So what happens now? Wang Huizhong, a colleague of Yang's in the Sinuiju project office, insists everything "is still proceeding as planned." But it's a fair bet that the flower king's brief reign as chief of North Korea's special economic zone is coming...
...Lincoln Center, London's Barbican or, considering its harbor-side perch, the Sydney Opera House. Never mind the debate over what these animalized structures most resemble?hedgehog or scarab? Porcupine or mollusk??the real issue is whether Singapore can remake itself as the "Renaissance City" the government hopes will flower on the banks of the Malacca Straits...
...territory's financial underpinnings, reminds people of a discount coupon for laundry detergent. "It looks juvenile," says local merchant Jeremy Chia of the garish pink and purple banknote. Part of the problem is the inclusion of numerous anti-counterfeiting features, including embossed text and a watermarked bauhinia flower. "The abundance of security features may not be appropriate," admitted monetary authority chief executive Joseph Lam?especially since the note, worth about $1.28 U.S., is too small for counterfeiters to bother with. We suspect the bill's cryptic graphical motifs have a hidden meaning: the government is sending out subliminal messages...
...small cemetery is surrounded by fields, farmland and vineyards. A simple stone cross marks a flower-strewn grave, the final resting place of one of the world's most beloved actresses. Audrey Hepburn spent the last 30 years of her life in this quiet Swiss village, and she wanted to be buried here in a cemetery close to her sprawling 19th century house. The actress, who died of colon cancer in January 1993, liked the simplicity of Tolochenaz, located 40 km east of Geneva. But her legacy has fueled a conflict between her sons and some residents of the village...